July 2012
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These wonderful images come from the great website http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/ whose clever boots interview artists, collate new art, visit galleries and document their findings. These pictures are taken from their brilliant article on The London Festival Of Photography, and are by artist Evgenia Arbugaeva.
Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the the small Siberian town of Tiksi. She...
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Film; Nostalgia For The Light →
A great review from Time Out of what looks like an incredibly exciting film made by Chilean director Patricio Guzman on the themes of Chile’s relationship with its past and the unsteady truce Chile holds with memories of the Pinochet regime, the disappeared, remembrance and forgetting, forgiveness and blame.
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The History Of The Olympic Truce (PDF) →
Did you know that the Olympic Truce can be traced back to the origins of the first recorded Games held in Olympia, on the Peloponnese peninsular of Ancient Greece in 776BC?
There is evidence to suggest that the Truce was respected, with only a small number of exceptions, for more than 1,200 years. It has therefore been the longest peace accord in history.
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Vince by Michelle Tran
Vince by Michelle Tran 2010
Taken from The London Festival Of Photography
I’m not sure that this has anything to do with the idea of truce. It’s cool though.
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No Guts No Glory by Finlay Nicholas Ryan
Young people at SCE Haig School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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WatchTwo Nations
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An Uneasy Truce by Jonelle
Part of a series of images for a truce-related artwork by Headstarters, facilitated by SODA.
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Democracy at The Old Vic →
Don’t miss the last opportunity to go and see Democracy, Michael Frayn’s 2003 play on the uneasy political truce between East and West in postwar German politics,
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Truce Arts Contest Open! →
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WatchTalk and Listen
A collaborative animation by artist Janette Parris with Y. B. and Azhar Patel from BSix College in Hackney.
Aliens travel the Solar System in search of knowledge on how to survive. On visiting Earth, they are surprised to discover that human success depends on having ears as well as mouths.
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Love by Catherine Simm
Young people at SCE Haig School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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Exhibition; The Gaddaffi Archives; Libya Before... →
EXHIBITION DATES: Thur 21 to Fri 29 June (9 days only). The exhibition will close at 2pm on Friday 29 June. The entrance to the Slade Research Centre is to the left of the Warburg Institute main entrance. The exhibition contains over 300 images and artefacts over six rooms. Through carefully collated photographs, documents, artefacts and videos this exhibition will shed light on the recent history...
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Truce Paper Chain by Ikra, Joly and Mehreen
Part of a series of work created by the young people in the Headstarters group alongside Soda.
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Reach for the Stars by Callum Doyle
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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The Youth Of The World Together by Brenda
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
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Paper Dove by Sandy
Truce-inspired artwork made by Headstarters, facilitated by SODA.
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Peace Not Prejudice by Georgina Miners
Young people at SCE Windsor School worked with artist Clare Burnett to create posters and other artworks based on the theme of Olympic Truce.
